SN 17.5 Mīḷhaka Sutta: A Dung Beetle
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“Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal, bitter, and harsh. They’re an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary.
So you should train like this: ‘We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won’t let them occupy our minds.’
In which the Buddha compares attachment to wealth to a dung beetle proud of her dung.